Bhubaneswar, Dec. 25 -- With behavioral and migration patterns of endangered olive ridley sea turtles still shrouded in the realm of scientific study, the Odisha forest department has reinitiated the satellite tagging of these iconic marine animals ahead of their mass nesting.
These turtles turn up in millions for mass nesting along the Odisha coast every year. Gahirmatha beach off Bay of Bengal coast in Kendrapara district is incidentally acclaimed as World's largest-known nesting ground of these animals. Apart from Gahirmatha, these threatened aquatic animals turn up at Rushikulya river mouth and Devi river mouth for mass nesting, otherwise called arribada.
The tagging programme was undertaken for three days from 21 December and six tur...